Moths:
I left Ocean Pond and headed to the site for my meeting. Along the way I stopped to see a roadside patch of
Sarracenia minor that had been mowed to stubble. It was pathetic in the extreme--no complete
pitchers were present, but at least I could say I had finally seen some carnivorous plants!
Isn't this rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) spectacular?
The other scientists and
I spotted this near the lights of our hotel rooms during the nights of our meeting. Of course, we first attributed the
color to the large amounts of liquor that I had brought, but the camera does not lie! (Or even get buzzed!)
Here is another lovely nocturnal lepidopteran,
a carpenter moth (Prionoxystus robiniae).
